9 peered out on this rainy school holiday morning for a special edition of Hoedown.  One Hoedown a week just isn’t enough. Ronnie took lead of the mosey to the front of the school for the COP: SSH Imperial Walkers Merkins Arm Circles Russian Soldiers (or is it Rushing Shoulders?) Hand off Q to Splinter for mosey to the sea of blacktop.  Partner up – parent and 2.0 – for the following: Round 1 – Partner 1 runs the length of the blacktop and back while partner 2 does Merkins; flip and repeat Round 2 – Partner 1 backward runs…

A record tying 17 Pax showed for a brisk Hoedown workout. Mosey to the front of the school for COP. Hill Billies, Don Quixote, Copperhead Squats, Russian Soldiers.  Note: 5 adhoc burpees were called to get Pax back to order. Number off for 4 Corners: Corner 1 – Merkins off of the bike rack bars Corner 2 – ABCs Corner 3 – Boxcutters Corner 4 – Box Jumps on the front steps Three rounds with reps of 10, 20, and 30.  ABCs spelled Wahoos, Cavaliers, and University of Virginia in the respective rounds. Mosey across the street to the lit…

A Lucky 13 presented themselves at TES under slightly moist and chilly conditions. This is what transpired – more or less… COP: DQ’s, Imperial Walkers, Arm Circles (front and back), LBC’s (52). Preceded each exercise with 10 Merkins Lindsay Love: Proceed to near bottom of Lindsay court and partner up. Partner runs to top and back while other runs through 4 exercises: B-Jump Burpees, Bear Crawls, Polar Bears, Squat-then-jump.  Finish with 20 Merkins Mosey to side of school near (very muddy) field. 26 Donkey Kicks. Bear Crawl to middle of field, perform 26 Merkins, then run to other side and…

Hoedown remains hotter than a Morgantown couch on Saturday night with 16 posting to get the week started off right.  Here’s how it went down. Half mile mosey down Forest to Paris to Hepler and over to the grassy knoll behind the parking lot. COP (IC) (Reps to confuse Lab Rat) SSH Merkins x 10 Russian Soldiers Wide Merkins x 10 Crab Cakes Diamond Merkins x 8 Mountain Climbers Mosey back to parking lot Burpback Mountain w Partner Partner 1 Bernie Up / Run Down x 3 Partner 2 Burpees Reverso until 100 Burpees completed Mosey to back field Ark…

Eight PAX were not scared of a little light rain and showed up at Tuckahoe for the latest iteration of a Hoedown.  Mosey to the front of the school for COP that went something like this: COP 20x SSH 15x Russian Soldiers 10x Don Quixotes (because Keymaster needed some more stretching) 15x Copperhead Squats 15x Arm Circles The Thang Quick mosey to the western most corner of the school for the start of today’s exercise.  Room Numbers.  Every time we get to a room number in the window we stop and do that many of a certain exercise.  Exercises were…

A stalwart 16 descended upon Tuckahoe for light calisthenics.  This is what transpired… COP:  Helicopters, DQs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, LBCs Lindsay: Start at top of hill, perform 30 Heels to Heaven, run down hill and perform 10 Merkins.  Repeato.  Decrement/Increment each by 5 until you reach 10 and 30. Run to back of school.  Perform x Donkey Kicks, Bear Crawl 10 or so yards, perform x Merkins, run to opposite side of field and perform x Squats. Repeato.    x=10, 15, 20, 25, 30 Build a Burpee:  Perform 1 merkin , 1 Jump Squat, 1 Burpee.  Then perform 2 of each, etc.  Repeato until finish at…

14 strong gathered at Hoedown to enjoy the properly maintained grassy sections of TES. It only rained when the PAX were facing skyward on the ground. It went down with: COP – Invisible Jump Ropes, Don Qs, Helicopters, Merkins, Freddy Mercurys. Head up to top field, partner up- 50 Pull-ups between 2 partners. Face school- Bear Crawl across field, lunge back. Then broad jump across field, lunge back. Partner up – Wheelbarrow across and back. Then Crab Walk, lunge back. Line up for Human Centipede. 1 time through. Mosey to 3rd Prez Parking lot. Derkins down by five from 20…

A Mighty 12 came out for a wet Hoedown and to see the AO that last week’s inaugural seventeen have been talking about. It started out in the bus loop with COP: Invisible Jump Rope (bringing a little Punisher to Hoedown) Copperhead Squats Slow Don Quixotes Russian Soldiers Mosey down Lindsay Drive to Lindsay Court all the way down the hill to the end.  Time for some Lindsays.  Start with 30 merkins and 10 Box Cutters flipping positions and increasing/decreasing count by five til you are at 10 and 30. Partner up for Catch Me If You Can.  Partner 1…

Seventeen Tuckahoeians (Tuckahoegans?) gathered around the bus loop for their first ever Hoedown.  5 arrived on foot, only one brave sole one 2 wheels, the others by traditional means.  The excitement was high this morning.  Mosey to the giant paved ocean for COP: COP SSH x20 MC x20 Arm Circles forward / backwards x15 Copperhead Squats x15 The Thang Mosey to the front of the school for some Dora.  Partner up for a combined 100/200/300 of 3 different exercises.  Exercises were incline merkins, box jumps, LBCs.  One partner runs down the sidewalk & stairs to the parking lot & returns…